Tanning obsession leads to rise in skin cancer

EXPERTS have warned that “tanorexia” — an obsession with being tanned — is leading to a rise in skin cancer, which is now the most common form of the disease.

New figures from Britain show skin cancer is the fastest growing form of the illness and the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) here said its growth rate in Ireland is not far behind.

More than 5,800 cases were diagnosed here last year and this has been increasing at a rate of about 50 a year over the past 10 years.